Hat-fastener.



J. STEFANIUK.

HAT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED :UNE 21. 1917.

1,292,528. Patented Jz1n.28,19l9.

UNTD STATES ATENT FFfC-E..`

JOHN STEFANIUK, OF VEGREVILLE, ALBERTA, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO NICK STEFANIUK, GF VEGREVILLE, ALBERTA, CANADA.

HAT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOI-IN S'rnrANrUn, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, residing at Vegreville, in the Province of Alberta and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

rllhis invention relates to wearing apparel and has special reference to a hat fastener to be used in womens hats for the purpose of securing the same to the wearer.

One important object of the invention is Y to improve the general construction of devices of this character.

A second important object of the invention is to provide an improved device of this character wherein the parts are so arranged that the fastener will be held in position by resilient means which can be retracted without the hair of the wearer being entangled and pulled out.

Vith the above and other objects in View, as will be hereinafter apparent the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and

Figure 1 is a horizontal section through a portion of the hat showing the device ready for use with the parts in the position for the comb to engage the hair.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 with the spring` retracted.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the device in the form shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a front view of the device from the inside of the hat.

In carrying out the objects of this invention there is provided in each form a base plate 10 having prongs 11 which are stuck through the material of the hat, the latter being indicated at 12 so that the base plate is held in position in the hat. Slidable through the hat material and plate 10 is a stem 13 having on its outer end a finger grip or head 14: which may be of precious metal or an imitation thereof or of precious stone. On the inner end of this stem 13 is mounted a comb back 15 which is provided with teeth 16, the inner extremity of the stem forming a. tooth in itself. In the form shown in Fig. 3 there is provided a conical spring 17 of coiled wire which is fixed to the comb back 15 and to the plate 10 and normally holds the comb in its inner position. Now it will be obvious that when the comb is withdrawn from the hair by means of the thumb-piece 111 the hair would likely become tangled between the coils of the spring 17 and in order to prevent this the spring 17 is closed in a conical sheathing or cover 18 of contractile material such as thin rubber or the like so that the appearance of the device in use is that shown in Fig. 1 when in the securing position and that shown in Fig. 2 when in retracted position, thus the hair cannot become tangled in the coils of the spring. lt will be obvious that in the form shown in Fig. 3 the contractile force of the cover is much less than the expansive force of the spring 17.

In using the device the finger grip 14C is grasped and the comb drawn toward the base plate as in Fig. 2. The hat is then put on the head and the finger grip allowed to move toward the hat whereupon the teeth of the comb will engage the wearers hair and thus hold the hat securely in place.

There has thus been provided a simple and efficient device of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that many minor changes may be made in the form and construction of the invention without departing from the material principles thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described but it is wished to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a hat fastener, a base plate, a stem passing through said base plate and provided with a finger grip on its outer end, a comb on the inner end of the stem, resilient means between said comb and plate and arranged to hold the comb yieldably away Cil cover for the spring, the contractile force of the cover being relatively smell in relation to the expensive force of the spring.

In testimony whereof I have aiixed rny from the plate, and a resilient casing arrangedover the resilient ineens to prevent entungling of the Weerers heir.

2. In e hat fastener, :L base plete, e stein passing through said base plate and prosignature.

vided with a finger grip on its outer end, :t T f comb on the inner end of the stem, a spiral JOL-IN STEFANIUIL compression spring between the comb and lVitnesses:

PETER SVARICH,

plete and yieldably holding` said comb and MARY R. FLAI-IERTY.

plate in spaced relation, and a contractile Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

